iPhone 3GS mainboard issue with the connector / ribbon #7

[luisadastwin]

Hi all...!

I'm having some trouble to connect the #7 connector/ribbon in my 3GS main board...

In the beginning, I found out that the Dock Connector Assembly that I ordered for a few bucks, from Hong Kong, didn't fit... Even the #4 connector didn't fit also!

But now, I found out that the tiny dock in the main board where we have to connect the #7 connector is kind of broken... Like you had a broken circle and so it's kinda loose... So, the connector won't stay fixed... It is always coming up again... This means that I won't have proper GSM signal

Any thoughts how to fix this?

Thanks in advance!

Luisadas

 

[Greencardman]

The connector is broken on the motherboard? I think you either need a soldering iron to solder it back on or you need a new motherboard.

 

[luisadastwin]

Ooooof.....
Thank you!

I was hoping for other solution different than "new mother board", and you gave it

So it is possible to fix it with soldering iron? cool!

(I won't do it because it is an extremely careful job. But I'll ask an electronics house to do it...)